Just a flu shot
I got a flu shot this week.
I happened to be at the pharmacy waiting for a prescription and had been planning on getting one, so I did.
No politics…
To publish my configs, or not, that is the question.
This is a HOWTO on publishing certain Unix config files while keeping
others private using GNU stow and ?clever? groupings of files into
directories such as home.public.dotfies and home.private.mailconfig
"Red" vs. "Blue" Name calling? We can do better than that.
As we approach another election in the US where hearing cries of “Red” vs. “Blue” become unavoidable, I’m increasingly convinced that such labels are unhelpful substitutes for thought and actually engaging with other people and ideas.
Check Czech Check, Czech? Check!
I was once eating in a restaurant with some co-workers in Prague, and it came time to leave. We wanted the check. In that setting, this would have been a meaningful sentence (in convoluted punning English) addressed to our waiter…
Get going, go get go git going
I’m in the process of installing a new “git” server. It’s written in the “go” language. I was about to get out of bed to work on it, so…
The way to get something done is to not do everything else.
See the title.
Friends
Aristotle identified three types of friendship - friendships of association, utility and virtue. Who were you “best friends” with in early school years? Do you keep up with your old co-workers? Who has hurt you deeply, yet you still wish them the best?
It's Manjaro !!!
Black Lives Matter … the 1852 version.
So, I’ve been listening to the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Audible.
How long until it gets canceled for use of the “N” word? Looks like Paypal might try to charge me $2500 for reading something they don’t approve of https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/10/the-2500-fine-read-it-and-weep.html. I’ve canceled Paypal.
But that said, read it (while you can?). If you can get past contemporary hangups about the “wrong” words being used you will find one of the most powerful statements in all of human history that “Black Lives Matter”. Stowe visited Lincoln in the White House in 1862, and there is a possible apocryphal quote by Lincoln that goes “So this is the little lady who started this great war.”
"We" are "pleased" to..
Email from [company I have investment with]:
We are pleased to let you know that there is a new document for you to review
Translation,